In pictures: Amman hotel blasts

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Canadian Press - Mon Nov 14, 5:46 PM ET Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi. (AP/Jordanian TV)

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:42 AM ET
Jordanians carry a flag during a rally against the suicide bombings at three hotels in Jordan's capital in front of the Hyatt hotel in Amman November 11, 2005. Jordan's security forces were interrogation scores of Arab suspects including Iraqis on Friday in connection with three suicide bombings claimed by al Qaeda. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:46 AM ET
Jordan's Queen Rania, reacts as she leaves Jordan hospital in Amman, Jordan, following a visit Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 to injured victims of Wednesday's hotel bombing attacks. Al-Qaida issued an Internet claim of responsibility Thursday for three suicide bomb attacks on Western hotels that killed at least 56 people, linking the deadly blasts to the war in Iraq and calling Amman the 'backyard garden' for U.S. operations. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:47 AM ET
Bahraini police inspect the trunk of a vehicle Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, at a checkpoint a kilometer (half-mile) away from the Ritz Carlton hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Security in the area was extremely tight a day ahead of a gathering at the hotel of foreign ministers from around the world, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to discuss political and social reform in the Arab world. The meeting comes just days after deadly hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:51 AM ET
Jordan's Moslem Brotherhood leader Al-Majeed Zeinbat (C) attends a rally after Friday prayer at al-Hussein mosque in central Amman November 11, 2005. An Iraqi married couple and two other men carried out the suicide bombings at three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman which killed 57 people this week, al Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:53 AM ET
Jordanians pray for peace in their kingdom during Friday prayer at al-Hussein mosque in central Amman November 11, 2005. An Iraqi married couple and two other men carried out the suicide bombings at three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman which killed 57 people this week, al Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:55 AM ET
Iraqis chant slogans and wave a flag during a protest, over Wednesday's bomb attacks, in front of the Radisson hotel in Amman November 11,2005. Jordan's security forces were interrogating scores of Arab suspects including Iraqis on Friday in connection with three suicide bombings claimed by al Qaeda. The coordinated attack, one of the worst in Jordan's modern history, killed at least 56 people in Western-owned hotels in Amman on Wednesday night and shattered Jordan's sense of being an island of stability in a troubled region. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:55 AM ET
Jordanian mourners pray at the grave of Ibrahim Nasr and Fathia Ayyash who were killed during a wedding ceremony at the Radisson SAS hotel, at Sahab cemetry in Sahab southeast of Amman, Jordan, Friday Nov. 11, 2005. Al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had claimed responsibility for the bombings. The latest statement said the attackers wore explosive belts 'in order to achieve greater accuracy in hitting the target.'(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:56 AM ET
United Nation Secretary General Kofi Anan waves as he arrives at the Radisson hotel in Amman November 11,2005. Jordan's security forces were interrogation scores of Arab suspects including Iraqis on Friday in connection with three suicide bombings claimed by al Qaeda. REUTERS/ Ammar Awad

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11, 9:58 AM ET
A member of Jordanian security forces observes a rally after Friday prayers at al-Hussein mosque in central Amman November 11, 2005. An Iraqi married couple and two other men carried out the suicide bombings at three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman which killed 57 people this week, al Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

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AP - Fri Nov 11, 9:58 AM ET
Relatives carry the body of Ibrahim Nasr, killed in a suicide bombing while attending a wedding ceremony in the Radisson SAS hotel, during his funeral procession at Sahab cemetery in Sahab southeast of Amman, Jordan, Friday Nov. 11, 2005. Police said Friday they had arrested 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in the nationwide manhunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed the bombings were the work of four Iraqis _ including a husband and wife suicide team. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:01 AM ET
A Bahraini policeman stands guard Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, at a checkpoint a kilometer (half-mile) away from the Ritz Carlton hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Security in the area was extremely tight a day ahead of a gathering at the hotel of foreign ministers from around the world, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to discuss political and social reform in the Arab world. The meeting comes just days after deadly hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:11 AM ET
Relatives bury the body of Ibrahim Nasr, who was killed in a suicide bombing while attending a wedding ceremony in the Radisson SAS hotel, at Sahab cemetery in Sahab southeast of Amman, Jordan, Friday Nov. 11, 2005. Police said Friday they had arrested 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in the nationwide manhunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed the bombings were the work of four Iraqis _ including a husband and wife suicide team.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:18 AM ET
Thousands of Jordanian demonstrators march during an anti-terrorism rally following Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan, Friday Nov.11, 2005. Police said Friday they had arrested 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in the nationwide manhunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed the bombings were the work of four Iraqis _ including a husband and wife suicide team. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11,10:20 AM ET
United Nation Secretary General Kofi Anann waves upon his arrival at the Radisson hotel in Amman November 11,2005. Jordan's security forces were interrogating scores of Arab suspects including Iraqis on Friday in connection with three suicide bombings claimed by al Qaeda. The coordinated attack, one of the worst in Jordan's modern history, killed at least 56 people in Western-owned hotels in Amman on Wednesday night and shattered Jordan's sense of being an island of stability in a troubled region. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11,10:22 AM ET
Jordanian children wave national flags during a demonstration, over Wednesday's bomb attacks, in front of the Hyatt hotel in Amman November 11,2005. An Iraqi married couple and two other men carried out the suicide bombings at three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman which killed 57 people this week, al Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday. REUTERS/Majed Jaber

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:26 AM ET
The bodies of Maj.-Gen. Bashir Nafeh, the head of Palestinian intelligence forces, and other Palestinian officials are carried during a funeral ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday Nov. 11, 2005. Nafeh and 3 more Palestinian officials and at least 55 others were killed in the bombings of three hotels in Amman, Jordan late Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:28 AM ET
A Jordanian boy peers between two Jordanian fully armed royal guard soldier as Muslim worshippers prepare to perform Friday prayers at the Al-Hussein mosque in Amman, Jordan, Friday Nov.11, 2005. Police said Friday they had arrested 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in the nationwide manhunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed the bombings were the work of four Iraqis _ including a husband and wife suicide team. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Reuters - Fri Nov 11,10:38 AM ET
Jordan's King Abdullah attends Friday prayers in Amman November 11, 2005. Jordan's security forces were interrogating scores of Arab suspects, including Iraqis, on Friday in connection with three suicide bombings claimed by al Qaeda. The coordinated attack, one of the worst in Jordan's modern history, killed at least 57 people in three luxury hotels in Amman on Wednesday night and shattered Jordan's sense of being an island of stability in a troubled region. REUTERS/Yousef Allan

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:40 AM ET
A Lebanese Muslim cleric prays along with relatives and friends over the coffin of Rima Akkad Monla, daughter of Syrian-born filmmaker Moustapha Akkad, both killed in one of the explosions that rocked three U.S.-based hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman, during her funeral, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. Rima Akkad Monla, whose body was flown to Beirut Thursday, was buried at the family cemetery in Tripoli after Friday prayers in the city's main mosque. (AP Photo)

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AP - Fri Nov 11,10:43 AM ET
Prince Hassan of Jordan, the uncle of Jordan's King Abdullah II, is seen surrounded by soldiers as he go in to the Al-Hussein mosque to pray Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Amman, Jordan. Al-Qaida issued an Internet claim of responsibility Thursday for three suicide bomb attacks on Western hotels that killed at least 56 people, linking the deadly blasts to the war in Iraq and calling Amman the 'backyard garden' for U.S. operations. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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